Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-25
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

ported i'll Seattle last Week at Ia cents
per pound.
The steamer Zephyr is at present he
ing so remodel Il III Seattle that her
hurricane deck will come out on IA line
with her guards.
At the auction sale of the wrecked
bark Austriu, the null WAS purchased
by Waterman u katz for 200. The
entire wreckagc brought about 5000.
II. j. Hughes, of Tacoma has been
by his own consent committed 10y
Judge Wickersham to the Insane Asy-
lum at Fort Steilacoom, to recover
from the effects of alcoholism.
Judge Swan says they are going to
! to have barbecued whale in Port
Townsend next June The whale will
be stuffed with CLAIMS and will be got
ten up without regard to party.
The residence of w. d. Simpson, on
the west shore of Lake Washington,
valued at 81 800, together with the en-
tire contents WAS totally destroyed by
fire, on Wednesday morning last.
James Kelly, driver of a team at
Blanchards logging camp, King coun-
ty, was killed Instantly a few days ago
bv falling under the wheels of Car.
lie was native of Pennsylvania.
Articles of incorporation of the Nasel
Logging company were filed with the
Secretary of the Territory, Jan. 18th.
The capital stock is $4,000 and the
object is to carry on the business of
logging on the waters Of the Nasel.
river, in Chehalis county.
Pon@roy Independent: 1t costs the
Northern Pacific many thousand OF
dollars to keep the track clear during
the recent storms, but superintendent
Buckley urged the work forward in
person, and by great effort the trains
were not very much delayed.
East Oregonidn: The severe winds of
two weeks ago blew a sea-gull over the
Cascade mountains that landed at
Hawn & Guyer's mill, in Camas prair-
lie, where it was killed by dogs. This
is the first instance reported where II
sea-gull has been found east of the
mountains.
Seattle has an ice factory, ammonia
process, with present productive cap
acity of seven tons per diem and pros
pective capability of twenty-one tons
every thirty-six hours. The proprie
tors are w. ID. O'Tool and E. A. Stout
Their plant, when completed, will have
cost $4,000.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany through their attorneys have ap-
pealed from the decision of the SUI
preme Court of this re rritory, in the
case wherein it was decided that they
would be compelled to build depot
at Old Yakima, to the Supreme Court
of the United States.
The double-ended side-wheel steam
scow Alki, built to run on the Sno-
homish and Snoqualmie rivers, and
owned by Capt. Mccall, while taking
water at Utsalady the other day, filled
and sunk. AS she settled she turned
up side down, and will be damaged
considerably by the accident.
Sheep have been dying in consider
able numbers in the vicinity of Tehe
the Upper Columbia. They have on
plenty of feed, and the trouble is APP
parently lack of water. Some cattle
are dying and stockmen are beginning
to fear for the horses, but it is thought
they will get through all right.
During the high winds early last
week, says the Yakima Signal, huge
tree was blown down and crushed a
cabin in the Snoqualmie Pass in which
sixteen of the Seattle, Lake Shore and
Eastern surveyors had taken refuge.
Singularly enough no one was in
jured, although the cabin was COM
pletely demolished.
Puget Sound Mail: So much snow
has fallen that fears of disastrous
overflow of the Skagit are entertained.
A mass meeting was held at the Pleas
ant Ridge school house last Saturday
to devise ways and means of strengthen
dykes, and making such preparations
as may be necessary for protection
against the high water, in case it
should come.
! Argus: The little fishing steamer
Quickstep, in experimenting on the
straits, has taken dogfish in large num-
beers with deep sea net. Experienced
fishermen have never thought of TAX
ing dogfish in any way except with a
hook and line, and some have laughed
at the idea of taking them in net.
1t is more than likely that this discov-
cry will revolutionize our methods of
dogfshing, as well as cheaper the oil.
There are about twenty hot springs
near Eagle Gorge which are upon Gov
ernment land. All of them are in-
cluded within q tract of about ten
acres of land. 1t is one of the most
valuable tracts of land in that section
of the country. The Margaret Min
ing company of Puyallup valley
several months ago located a claim
which is supposed to cover all or part
of these springs. The authorities at
! Washington have recently been APP
prised of this tract of land and sent
special agent to Tacoma to look into
the matter. He says that there is
prospect of the Government taking
hold of the tract and making such
a place as theHot Springs of Arkansas.
The steamer Alki sank on the l4th
instant, while moored to the dock at
Utsalady. During the heavy west
wind one of her water compartments
gave away, allowing the water to shift
to one side, and in the lack OF sufficient
ballast she turned over. Captain Nc
Call with his wife and crew had mar
row escape from drowning. They
were in bed when they received the
first signal of danger, and rushing out,
they reached the dock just as the
steamer sank. The captain lost con-
siderable amount of cash-gold pieces
were afterwards picked up on the
beach, having washed up from the